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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Needs Image}} A person decides to become part of a religion due to some sort of romantic interest. Line 8: == [[Comic Books]] == * In ''[[Maus]]'', the [[Author Avatar]]'s wife converted to Judaism to please his father. Since the characters of ''Maus'' are represented by [[Funny Animal~~\|Funny Animals~~]]s, this makes her turn from a frog (she's French) to a mouse. Line 32: * In ''[[The Long Ships]]'', Orm has to convert to Christianity to marry the beautiful Ylva. (From Islam, of all religions; he'd already converted from the Norse religion to serve under Caliph Almansur.) * In ''People of the Book'', Reuben Ben Shoushan converts to Christianity to marry his Catholic sweetheart. This being Spain in 1492, [[The Spanish Inquisition\|it really doesn't]] [[Cold-Blooded Torture\|end well]]. * Subverted in Swedish science fiction novel ''Iskriget (The Ice War)'', in which neither Catholic Linda nor Wesleyan (i.e. Methodist) Johnny ~~convert -- they~~convert—they just have a Catholic wedding. Considering that in this alternate history the Wesleyans appear to be openly disliked by a lot of authoritarian governments for their stance on social justice, it was probably the most practical solution. == [[Live Action TV]] == * George converts to Latvian Orthodoxy briefly for a girlfriend in ''[[Seinfeld]]'', only to lose the girlfriend anyway. (According to [[The Other Wiki]], the writer of that episode had no idea that Latvian Orthodox was a real ~~sect -- he~~sect—he was trying to make up a fictional one.) ** [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever\|"Is this the group that mutilates squirrels?!"]] * Charlotte converts to Judaism for her eventual husband in ''[[Sex and the City]]''. Line 45: * In ''[[The OC]]'' Summer plans on converting to Judaism for Seth. Interestingly averted with Seth's mother Kirsten who is confirmed several times as not converting and is happily married anyway. * In a [[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]] episode called, ''Shandeh'', the victim was a Catholic woman who converted to Judaism for her husband. * A storyline on the prime time soap ''Sisters'' had youngest sister Frankie converting to Judaism with her husband Mitch. Interestingly, she was not converting to join his ~~religion--they~~religion—they were ''both'' Christian and decided to convert after Mitch attended some services that gave him an insight into Jewish life. * Janelle from ''Sister Wives'' says that she fell for Kody and the faith came later. With the later revelation that {{spoiler\|her mom married Kody's dad shortly before Janelle and Kody got married}}, it seems there was also some [[Converting for Love]] there. * In ''[[House (TV series)\|House]]'', Cuddy's mother had converted to Judaism for her husband. While House is dating Cuddy, she asks whether he intends to convert to Judaism as well. As he claims being an atheist, she just says that so are most Jews and that it's more about community.